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Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Build memory and motor skills with this musical movement game!

Bring the fun carnival game of ring toss to your home pool with this watery twist on the classic game.

Invite your child and a few friends to get crabby in this game of soccer with a twist: Instead of running, players "crab crawl" around the playing field.

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

Science fair project that determines whether wireless networks damage living plants. Are WiFi radiation hazardous to your health?

Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.

Cool down this summer and stay active, too, with a wet clothes relay! 

Share some old school fun with your preschooler with stilts you can make from items found in your recycling!

In this activity your little one will throw a beanbag at a numbered target to help improve her number recognition skills.

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

A fun activity for a hot day, this will give young kids a chance to experiment with beginning science and math â and splash around in the process!

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with these fun dribbling drills! Before you know it he'll be a ball-handling master.

Here's a guide to help you design a challenging pool obstacle course for your elementary school children with ordinary pool toys and household objects.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Determine the relationship between the speed of a sound and the temperature of the air it passes through.

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

Build your child's math skills with this 2nd-3rd grade activity. Similar to a carnival toss, this egg carton toss game is sure to provide hours of fun.

Have the kids use sidewalk chalk to draw portraits of their family and, in the process, learn about familial relationships.

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

Encourage your child to learn about air pressure by helping him devise his own squirt gun with a water bottle.

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?

In this activity, your child fills jars with water to learn about acoustics, and practices mixing colors to form a rainbow of colors and sounds.

A lemonade stand is a great opportunity for your kids to work on their money skills and donate some hard earned money to charity.